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The Massage Case. By Cyril Bennett. 3 Vols. (t. Fisher

Unwin ) —The author of this novel seems to have some grievances which he or she (let ns say, by preference, " she") has to air, aversions which she wishes to denounce, and......

Colonial France.* Tin: Title Of These Two Books Is A

significant one. There is not, there never has been, a "Colonial" Britain, unless the Crown Colonies may be grouped under such a designation ; for our Colonies, almost from......

Is, By The Trial Of " Alloard Skinner "—to Tell

the history of the Sisterhood of St. Mary-at-the-Cross. And he has done this in a most 'satisfactory way, by publishing a number of letters written from time to time, and......

Ancient Egypt. By George Rawlinson, M.a. (t. Fisher...

volume is one of a series which has more than once been noticed in our columns, "The Story of the Nations." Something more, perhaps, might have been said about Egyptian......

The Book Of Patience. By Walter Wood. (w. H. Allen

and Co.)— Mr. Wood describes and gives directions for playing more than thirty games of " patience." Some of them he illustrates, and it is on these that he recommends the......

Current Literature.

Incidents of Indian Life. By the Rev. J. Cave-Browne. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—A retired Indian Chaplain here tells, and tells very well, some striking stories of the East. These......